Are You Ready For Diesel Yet?

at about $6.60 per gallon, I'm not convinced.
LPG is better for us, 1/2 the tax. I guess I will appreciate the free
healthcare which the motorist pays for when I get sick, but it hasn't
happened yet...

Dave

> wrote in message
oups.com...
> Is the gas price high enough for you guys, or can you stand more
> before you decide to get right with Mr. Compression Ignition?
>

I liked the thing out of Batman Returns, whatever it was.

Dave

"DougW" > wrote in message
news:0oWBe.26117$mC.23066@okepread07...
> calcerise did pass the time by typing:
> > Is the gas price high enough for you guys, or can you stand more
> > before you decide to get right with Mr. Compression Ignition?
>
> I'd rather use Mr. Turbine. It can burn anthing short of sodapop
> and sounds real cool
>
> whrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeee screech!
> vroom vroom
> beep!
> ....WHoooooooooooooooooooosh!....
>
> --
> DougW
>
>

Where do you get the peanut oil?
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
http://www.billhughes.com/

Paul Calman wrote:
>
> > But you forgot to tell us you had to mix the oil with alcohol
> > 50/50 to make your biofuel combustible making it cost over three times
> > what gasoline sells for
>
> No, I didnt. Bill, you have a lot of knowlege, but need to resist making
> assumptions.
> I added the 10 gallons of peanut oil to the 12 gallons of diesel already in
> my tank, (25 gal cap) and noticed no difference in performance on these
> mountain grades.
> I could have run it straight in this hot weather with no blending.
>
> --
> Paul Calman, Hathaway Pines, California

Our club bought the old cook trailer from the Clairemont Lions Club down
there, and we hauled it home. It had two jugs of oil that were unopened, but
out of date and deemed to be not fit for, or needed for food use, so I
offered to dispose of it. Buying it would have cost more than diesel, which
is about $2.80 a gallon here. Not so in the UK, where many are using cheaper
rapeseed oil instead of diesel. I could do the greasel processing for free
fuel, but since i only use about 20 gallons monthly, it would be a waste of
time.
My original post was intended to point out that paying more for diesel
that for gas, is still a good move if the mileage returned is substantially
better, and there is the option of free fuel. I have even heard of guys
filtering used engine oil and using it blended with diesel, but that's not
going to happen in my engine.
Since I only paid $400 for the car in excellent condition, the purchase
price does not enter the equation. If you were calculating that, since used
2000 and up VW Jettas cost about the same regardless of fuel type, it doesnt
matter. You buy a car no matter what you plan on using as fuel.
Back on topic, a modification to a jeep with an engine that gets better
range on the same tank of fuel is a good thing, as long as you are driving
it and not following it.

--
Paul Calman, Hathaway Pines, California

Dave Milne did pass the time by typing:
> I liked the thing out of Batman Returns, whatever it was.

Exactly. With a 10' long flame to discourage tailgaters
that don't have hotdogs or marshmallows stuck to the
front grill.

> "DougW" wrote ...
>> calcerise did pass the time by typing:
>>> Is the gas price high enough for you guys, or can you stand more
>>> before you decide to get right with Mr. Compression Ignition?
>>
>> I'd rather use Mr. Turbine. It can burn anthing short of sodapop
>> and sounds real cool
>>
>> whrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeee screech!
>> vroom vroom
>> beep!
>> ....WHoooooooooooooooooooosh!....
>>
>> --
>> DougW

About any fuel that will run a turbine will run a diesel, now that
JP-4 is history.

Thre's nothing off topic about cutting fuel costs, and yes, I do (but
it's in pieces now).

And how long does it take to squeeze enough peanuts to get 10 gal.? My
fingers are getting sore.

L.W.(ßill) Hughes III wrote:
> Where do you get the peanut oil?


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Hi Paul,
What I was fishing for is there must be something mixed with your
peanut oil, if it's anything like the oil they fry fires in, just mixing
it with diesel is not enough it's got to volatile:
http://www.zetatalk.com/energy/tengy21d.htm
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
http://www.billhughes.com/

Paul Calman wrote:
>
> Our club bought the old cook trailer from the Clairemont Lions Club down
> there, and we hauled it home. It had two jugs of oil that were unopened, but
> out of date and deemed to be not fit for, or needed for food use, so I
> offered to dispose of it. Buying it would have cost more than diesel, which
> is about $2.80 a gallon here. Not so in the UK, where many are using cheaper
> rapeseed oil instead of diesel. I could do the greasel processing for free
> fuel, but since i only use about 20 gallons monthly, it would be a waste of
> time.
> My original post was intended to point out that paying more for diesel
> that for gas, is still a good move if the mileage returned is substantially
> better, and there is the option of free fuel. I have even heard of guys
> filtering used engine oil and using it blended with diesel, but that's not
> going to happen in my engine.
> Since I only paid $400 for the car in excellent condition, the purchase
> price does not enter the equation. If you were calculating that, since used
> 2000 and up VW Jettas cost about the same regardless of fuel type, it doesnt
> matter. You buy a car no matter what you plan on using as fuel.
> Back on topic, a modification to a jeep with an engine that gets better
> range on the same tank of fuel is a good thing, as long as you are driving
> it and not following it.
>
> --
> Paul Calman, Hathaway Pines, California

Where is President Carter when we need him.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
http://www.billhughes.com/

thomas wrote:
>
> And how long does it take to squeeze enough peanuts to get 10 gal.? My
> fingers are getting sore.